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The riverfront in Memphis needs help — but what kind?
By Katharine Wroth on Dec 21, 2007
May God bless Memphis, the noblest city on the face of the earth.
— Mark Twain
To visit Memphis, Tenn., is to visit a place that is slowly waking from a decades-long stupor. The things that define this city in the popular imagination — the glamorous life of Elvis Presley, the shocking assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. — happened decades ago. Some of the young professionals the city would like to attract weren't even born when Dr. King and The King ended their respective reigns. But in many ways, the city still lives through that past, both economically and culturally. And the tumult attached to those events — economic, racial, religious — still simmers at the surface.
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As a result, Memphis is a city struggling to feel at home with itself, and to define its role in the 21st century. There are some who are working to reinvent the birthplace of the blues, to breathe new life into its streets and reinflate its self-esteem. Much has been accomplished in the last decade. I first visited Memphis in 1998, and the Memphis I saw in 2007 is not the same place. Major investments in the downtown include a new arena, a professional NBA team, a retail center, and a revitalized arts district.
Much of this progress has occurred under the leadership of Willie Herenton, who took office in 1991 as the city's first African-American mayor. Herenton is a controversial figure whose claims to notoriety include fathering an illegitimate child with a woman 30 years his junior; being cited, but not tried, in a far-reaching corruption scandal; and, according to some, fanning the flames of racial tension during this fall's mayoral campaign, which saw him win an unprecedented fifth term.
Eight years ago, Herenton made another move that proved controversial: He assembled the Riverfront Development Corporation, a private nonprofit that would work with the city government to make the riverfront an inviting, active place to live, work, and play.
Seems a sensible enough idea: turn the mighty Mississippi — once the economic backbone of this city when it was the cotton capital of the world — into a backbone again, a draw for tourists and residents alike.
But that's where the trouble starts. Or rather, continues. The RDC's plans — for a boat landing and retail/residential development — have met with fierce resistance from some prominent community members who would prefer to see open space along the river. An endless series of meetings, proposed lawsuits, master plans, newspaper articles, and blog attacks has unfolded, keeping these bitter rivals distracted from a simple truth: They all want to improve the area; they just can't agree on how to do it.
And while the battle rages, a downtown riverfront largely defined by interstate ramps and parking garages falls far short of what it could be.
Founders' Syndrome
Like everything in Memphis, the current controversy has deep roots in the city's history. To understand the furor, it's necessary to understand two local features: the cobblestones and the promenade. Both have the ring of genteel Southern living, conjuring images of leisurely strolls by parasol-wielding women and handlebar-mustached men. But in fact, a grittier history and reality belie the pretty names.
Unlike many cities along the Mississippi, the waterfront is not consumed by industrial behemoths or recovering brownfields. From its inception in the early 1800s, Memphis was a port first and foremost — a place for moving goods, not making them. The riverbank was lined with cobblestones that served as ballast for ships and a landing place for cargo. "The cobblestones were the center of commerce for Memphis," explains John Conroy, a former city engineer who is vice president of project development for the RDC. "Everything that came into the city pretty much came by river and came up the cobblestones." Today the cobblestones are a treasured historical landmark — so treasured, in fact, that their preservation must be considered in any plan for changing the riverfront.
Just uphill from the cobblestones lies the promenade, an area set aside by the city founders — a trio that included future President Andrew Jackson — for residents to enjoy. Nearly 200 years later, the promenade is still regarded as public space, although it has been treated roughly over the decades. Parking garages occupy some of it, and a concrete fire station squats at one end. A library and a former customs house and post office — soon to become the University of Memphis law school — are also on the site. The city doesn't own the land, but has set its sights on leasing it to developers, a move the courts would have to approve.
Memphis has something else that most Mississippi towns don't: public parkland on the riverfront. One hundred and fifty acres of it, to be exact. "We are lucky because we own park space, where other cities have had to buy riverfront park space," says June West of Memphis Heritage, the area's preservation association.
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Yet another feature distinguishes this city from its counterparts: It sits on a slack-water harbor, nothing like the raging channels that pass by St. Louis or the lock-and-dammed recreational depths farther north. It is, wrote Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi , "a beautiful city, nobly situated on a commanding bluff overlooking the river."
But the beautiful city, says historian West, "turned its back on the river. It was not seen as an attraction; it was seen as something that was there that was muddy and dirty, and it was used for barges. Not until 15 to 17 years ago did people start really realizing that it's a beautiful view."
With that realization came a renewed sense of protectiveness for the features that had so long gone unloved. In a sense, of course, these features — the parks, the cobblestones, the promenade — are strengths. But they are also obstacles to progress. "It's like we're stuck in a 1920s movie and we can't change anything," says Tom Jones, an urban-planning consultant who lives and works downtown and is involved in the riverfront fight. "This is the stage set we were given and we're not supposed to do anything."
For Memphis to become the vibrant city it imagines, something might have to give. But at the moment, no one's giving an inch.
Here's a boiled-down version of what the RDC wants to do: build Beale Street Landing, a floating dock that would give visiting ships a place to tie up and tourists and residents a place to eat, drink, and enjoy the river; develop the promenade into a combination of retail and residential development; and restore the cobblestones.
"Many river cities have a problem with public access to their riverfront — it's almost all privately owned," says Conroy. "We have exactly the opposite problem: We have virtually total public ownership of the riverfront, but we have nothing going on down there. We tell people we've got a 5-mile riverfront, you can't buy a Coke, can't buy a bottle of water, can't buy a snack."
Here's what the other side, led by a group called Friends for Our Riverfront, wants to see: conversion of the promenade almost entirely to greenway, with space for food vendors, outdoor movies, and art exhibits; and refurbishment of abandoned downtown buildings to meet any demand for other services.
"Most Memphians would agree that the Mississippi River is our city's greatest natural resource and the riverbluff, with its magnificent vistas, our most unique feature," says the Friends website. (Friends did not return calls seeking comment for this story.) "So you would think we would capitalize on those strengths when we plan for our riverfront … But the current RDC plan fails the test and instead proposes allowing private developers to build high-rise apartments, hotels, offices, shops, and restaurants on the most strategically located section of our public riverfront. It proposes exchanging our right to a green river-bluff for a paved walkway and shops in private buildings."
And what do the citizens of Memphis, a bustling metropolis of 670,000, think of all this? For the most part, says Jones, not much: "Most people aren't even plugged in."
A weary Conroy echoes that assessment: "I could easily tell you everybody else loves us, but I think a more honest answer is most of the public doesn't know what's going on." He adds that RDC has presented its plan to nearly 200 organizations, and still hopes for the best. "We think that if we can do some of the things that we've talked about, we can walk away and say this is a far better place to live and play and have fun than it was before we started."
A Chance to Heal
The riverfront battle is not just about space — it's also about race. The population of Memphis is 60 percent African-American, and the city "is built on African-American culture and the river culture," says urban-planning consultant Jones. "Strip everything else away, those are the two things that mattered then and matter now."
But that truth is too often overlooked by the white community, he says, and that's no less true in this current battle: "By and large, the African-American community sees this as some big discussion the white community is having, and [wonders] how does it affect me."
Still, some of the key players say a restored riverfront could be one way to help heal the wounds in this racially divisive city.
"The river is an asset that is equally appreciated by both the white and black community," says Conroy. "If you go down to Tom Lee Park on a Sunday afternoon, there'll be bunches of people there, and a really good racial mix. There's a lot of places around here where you won't see that, but the river seems to serve as something that appeals across that boundary, and because it does, it's a tremendous opportunity … if you can get more activity down there and draw more people down there and draw the racial mix that it seems to draw up 'til now, that goes a long way toward getting those two groups together, and getting past or helping get past the racial issues that have abounded in Memphis."
Memphis native and riverboat crew member Teddy Kirksey on
how the city has changed.
His opponents might roll their eyes at such a sentiment — since when does a retired city bureaucrat give a hoot about racial relations — but Conroy seems sincere. And that's the saddest thing about the Memphis situation: There are no clearly defined good guys and bad guys. There are just two sides with their heels stuck firmly in the Mississippi mud.
Tourists still come to see the mighty Mississippi, to take a tour on a riverboat or visit the river museum at Mud Island, a fading waterfront attraction that opened in the early 1980s. And occasionally residents come down to the water too, usually when they have guests in town. This river is a draw, there's no doubt; the question is, who will make it more of a draw — and how. There's one thing everyone agrees on: it's got to happen soon. The future of this history-soaked city depends on it.
"The reason we're here is because of the river, the reason the economy grew in the beginning was all about the river, we have a very river culture," says Jones. "And there's a lot written about how if you really want to get down into Memphis music, it's in tune with the current of the river. That pulse of the river is felt all about us."
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Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin: first Respect trailer
23rd December 2019 | by Simon Brew | Comments
Respect tells the life story of Aretha Franklin, and here's the first teaser trailer.
The next big music biopic heading towards the big screen is the life story of Aretha Franklin. It's going to be told in a movie by the name of Respect, with the terrific Jennifer Hudson playing the muslc superstar.
Also in the ensemble for this one are Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, and Mary J. Blige. Liesl Tommy is directing the film, working from a screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson.
We don't yet have a firm release date for the film, just that it's coming in 2020. What we do have though is the first teaser trailer, and it looks like this…
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The synopsis, meanwhile, reads as follows…
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
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Grip on Sports: Seahawks kick another fan favorite to the side of the road
Tue., Aug. 21, 2018
Seattle Seahawks' Jon Ryan runs off the field after an NFL football practice Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Renton, Wash .The Seahawks have released Ryan, who had been the longest-tenured member of the team. (Elaine Thompson / AP)
By Vince Grippi vincegrippi55@yahoo.com
A GRIP ON SPORTS • When you think about it, it's not hard to understand Seattle Seahawk fans' infatuation with a punter. After all, when you build your team around defense, there is a good chance the punter will become a star. Read on.
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• Remember all those games the past few years when you sat on the edge of the couch, just waiting for the defense to make a game-turning play? When the Hawks' offense looked about as fine-tuned as a 1985 Camry? And you knew the only way Seattle was getting out of San Francisco alive was if the defense scored a touchdown?
Jon Ryan was part of that, if not in presence then in spirit. The redheaded, freckle-faced Canadian played a critical role. At least his right foot did.
Ryan was called on often, sometimes to get the Hawks out of a hole after the offense had gone backward or at other times to pin the opposition deep within its territory, giving the LOB a chance to make a big play.
He did both well. And he did both with a sense of joie de vivre.
His smile was indestructible, he attitude infectious. He wasn't perfect by any means, though his 44.8 average on his 770 career punts is best in Seahawk history, better than Rick "Rootin' " Tuten or "Thunderfoot," Herman Weaver.
The Ginger Ninja – so named because he once made a (short) appearance on American Ninja Warrior – punted more often, had a longer tenure and, by most every measure, was the best punter in Seahawk history.
(He also served as the team's holder, but we will blame Blair Walsh's misses on Walsh, not Ryan. Though Steven Hauschka never would have converted nearly 90 percent of his field goal attempts if not for Ryan's quick hands.)
And now Ryan's gone.
The Hawks need to save money. Rookie Michael Dickson, himself from another Commonwealth country (Australia), is cheaper and has a better leg – at least it seems so through the first weeks of the preseason. It was obvious the fifth-round draft choice was also the Hawks' choice to do the punting.
So Ryan asked for his release. Seattle granted his request. His decade-long sojurn in Seattle is over.
Along the way he picked up a Super Bowl ring, threw a touchdown pass in an NFC title game and married Sarah Colonna, who is not only a comedian but also the daughter of my one-time boss.
Oh, and one other thing. He became a fan favorite. That doesn't happen with punters often. Like Ryan, it's unique.
• It looks as if Ryan will be joining old friend Hauschka in Buffalo. The NFL Network and ESPN are reporting he'll sign with the Bills, where he will try to win the punting (and holding) job.
It's a chance for Ryan to continue his career, something for which all Seahawk fans are rooting. But Buffalo? It's a nice town and it may still be in the NFL but it's no Seattle. Especially in the winter.
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Preps: Spring sports in this area always seem to start indoors, as winter's snow never want to leave. It's expected. Now fall sports are doing the same, what with the smoke that's wreaked havoc three of the past four years. Dave Nichols caught up with the football programs in the area yesterday and discovered what they have done to compensate. … Former Ferris High golfer Alex Prugh earned his PGA Tour card for next year after finishing 18th on the Web.com money list this season.
Indians: With 13 games left in the regular season, Spokane is still two games behind Vancouver for the final North playoff spot. The Indians stayed there despite an 11-6 loss at Everett. … Around the Northwest League, Hillsboro got past Eugene 2-1.
Mariners: Down 4-2 early, as Felix Hernandez struggled, the Mariner bullpen closed the door until Robinson Cano could kick it open. Cano's three-run, eighth-inning home run gave Seattle a 7-4 win over Houston and moved the M's a game closer to the Astros in the West. … There don't seem to be any saviors out there for the Mariner starting rotation. … Ben Gamel and Jean Segura were in last night's lineup. Sam Tuivailava won't be in the bullpen for a long time.
Seahawks: Yes, Ryan is out the door. But before he left for Buffalo, he spent some time at his favorite bar. And that led to a fun story. … Branden Jackson has had some help making the NFL. … The Hawks also cut Jason Myers, who was trying to catch on as a kicker.
• The smoke blew out of town last night without as much as a howdy do. I'm not sad to see it go. Don't come back. Not tomorrow, not next year. You are not welcome here. Until later …
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Who knew a rock would be so popular in Hollywood? Dwayne Johnson might not win any awards for his acting, but his films are making a lot of money, and that's the only thing people in Hollywood care about.
You just recently saw him in Furious 7 and San Andreas. His TV Show Ballers just premiered on HBO last weekend to an impressive 2.2 million viewers, and he's in the middle of production on his comedy/action film, Central Intelligence, with the hilarious Kevin Hart.
And now you can add one more film to the list. It was announced yesterday that Johnson will be teaming up with New Line again to create a film based on the classic 80's Midway Arcade Game, Rampage. If you're over the age of 20, and had any fun as a child, you probably remember playing this great game.
Does great game = great movie? I'm not sure. The plot details haven't been released, but it's safe to assume Johnson will be playing the hero. In the game, players are able to take control of giant monsters and destroy major cities across North America. It's likely Johnson will be playing a member of the military trying to stop them.
Ryan Engle (Non-Stop) is the writer behind this project, and New Line is currently trying to fill the open directing assignment now. Production is scheduled for the summer of 2016.
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An adaptation of Snowpiercer might be headed to the small screen and with it, the claustrophobic sci-fi that was a cornerstone of a series like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
TNT ordered a pilot of the Snowpiercer TV adaptation, which will follow the same premise as the 2013 film from Bong Joon-ho and the graphic novel. Novelist and former io9 editor Charlie Jane Anders has also confirmed that she's "working" on the show.
In the future, the only survivors left on Earth live aboard a train on a global circular track powered by perpetual motion. The world outside of the train is purportedly uninhabitable and everyone on the train is forced to co-exist, but not under equal circumstances. The rich, high-class passengers occupy the luxe cars at the front of the train while those who belong to the lowest class live in squalor at the back of the train.
There's still no word about what a potential Snowpiercer series could entail, and if the characters and their objectives will be the same as in the film. But a TV series like this could end up taking some notes from famously confined space epics like Deep Space Nine. Films like Snowpiercer and Alien prove that limited space often opens stories up to singular opportunities in character exploration and development.
If the next Snowpiercer adaptation ends up becoming a TV series, it will be very interesting to see how producer Josh Friedman and the rest of the team behind the show manage to move the plot forward week after week in a train that's literally going in circles.
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The Club's women consolidated their position at the top of the Kent Cross Country League, on Saturday, with another victory from the twenty competing teams. It now puts them three points clear of Cambridge Harriers going into the final fixture, which will be held in February.
This third fixture of the season was held at Danson Park, Bexleyheath, with the five-kilometre course, comprising of three laps. Lily Coward of Invicta East Kent took the lead in the early stages and was tracked by Sian Robertson from Tonbridge. However, as the race progressed, Coward pulled away to win in 16.42. Robertson tired in the second half and was overtaken by team mate, Maria Heslop, who closed well to finish in 16.55. Robertson held on for third and Claire Day completed the scoring three in 17th.
There were one hundred and sixty finishers and Tonbridge also clinched the six to score team victory, with Sasha Houghton (20th), Tina Oldershaw (21st) and Rachel Fagg (40th), the remaining scorers.
The Tonbridge squads in the youngest age groups were hit hard by absentees, due to a fixture clash with the English Schools Cross Country Cup. Olivia Breed, however, clinched the only individual win for the club, in the under 13 girls' race. She was supported well by Matilda Catling (9th) and Lara Jee (12th), both having their best races to date. The team finished second on this occasion, but head the overall league.
There was no senior men's race at this fixture, but Tonbridge did win the under 15, 17 and 20 male team competitions. Dan Schofield (2nd), James Stoney (4th) and Charlie Crick (12th) scored for the under 20s, whilst James Kingston (3rd), Fraser Gordon (4th) and Adam Van der Plas (5th) ensured the under 17 victory. Matthew Taylor was once again second in the under 15 race, with his brother Henry having a fine run for third and Adam Jeddo (14th) completing the scoring team.
The under 17 women placed second through Noémie Thomson (3rd), Elizabeth Heslop (9th) and Tilly Hall (11th), with the under 15 girls' squad finishing fifth, as Annabelle Hales (27th), Angela Ward (32nd) and Taliyah Dahdi (46th) scored.
David Barclay (17th) was first home for the under 13 boys' team that finished sixth and was supported by Sam Breed (18th) and Ross Mulley (24th), who was making his cross-country debut for the club.
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Nicole Taylor competed for an England team, in the international cross-country event at Burgos in Northern Spain, on Sunday. This was Taylor's first ever international selection and she rose to the occasion to finish a superb 15th and be the first English athlete home. Top class Ethiopians and Kenyans filled the first half dozen places, with Taylor running 27.36 over the fast and flat eight-kilometre course.
Taylor's next race will be at Liverpool, towards the end of the month, when she will be racing in the UK Cross Challenge event, which also acts as a trial for the British team to compete in the European Championships in December.


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Rev. Edward M. Smith, C.M., founded St. Vincent de Paul Church in 1875, when the building served as the parish church, pastor's home, a parochial school and the parish hall. Since 1875, it has been through multiple renovations. It is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Chicago with its exquisite architecture, spacious sanctuary, Lyon and Healy organ and marble detail.
St. Vincent de Paul Church is located at the corner of Webster and Sheffield avenues. Student mass is held on Sundays at 9:30 p.m.


The genealogical markup language that I call "GEDCOM 5.5 XML" and the XML schema that I wrote to describe it are the result of a personal project. I had a GEDCOM file, full of my family's history. It was produced by the Open Source program Lifelines, which requires users to manually enter genealogical data line by GEDCOM line. It performs no error checking. As my GEDCOM file grew to 20,000 lines, I decided to clean it up and correct all its syntax errors.
I knew that if I could convert my file into a XML document, I could validate it, in the XML sense, and find all the syntax errors. I simply needed to run the XML file through a validation parser, testing it against a DTD description of the markup language.
I thought I found my solution in GedML, a genealogical XML markup language proposed by Michael H. Kay of Saxon fame. He released a DTD that describes this markup language. He also released a Java program that could convert a GEDCOM file into a XML document. The DTD, however, did not describe the markup language produced by the converter. It couldn't be used to validate a converted GEDCOM file.
The markup language produced by his converter, though, is quite simple: all GEDCOM tags are translated into XML elements; open and closed elements delimit the data; and the elements are nested in the same way prescribed by the GEDCOM specification. The markup diverges from the specification with respect to the TRLR tag. Kay's converter eliminates this tag which indicates the end of a GEDCOM file. Kay probably considered this element unnecessary because a closed XML document root element serves the same purpose.
All I needed, then, was a XML schema that described the markup produced by the converter. I ruled out a DTD; it couldn't capture all of the restrictions prescribed by the GEDCOM specification. I wrote, instead, a XML schema in RELAX NG and embedded Schematron rules in it.
The resulting schema almost completely describes the full GEDCOM 5.5 specification in XML markup. There are, however, a few places where it does not. These are duly noted in the documentation below. Since the schema has a few shortcomings, I have designated it version "0.1". When the schema describes 100 percent of the GEDCOM 5.5 specification, the version number will be incremented to "1.0".
I call the XML markup described by the schema "GEDCOM 5.5 XML". This name differentiates it from Kay's GedML, with its limited DTD and with its implementation that leaves out the TRLR tag. GEDCOM 5.5 XML attempts to be a 100 percent one-to-one translation of GEDCOM 5.5 into XML; it even includes the superfluous (and empty) <TRLR/> element.
The source code for the schema and its documentation can be found using the hyperlinks below. All source code is released using the GNU General Public License Version 2.
A tar, gzipped archive with schemas and documentation.
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Estry (prononcé ) est une ancienne commune française, située dans le département du Calvados en région Normandie, devenue le  une commune déléguée au sein de la commune nouvelle de Valdallière.

Elle est peuplée de  habitants.

Géographie
Estry est en Bocage virois. Situé sur une hauteur entre les vallées de l'Allière et de la Souleuvre, son bourg est à  au nord-ouest de Vassy, à  au sud-est du Bény-Bocage, à  au nord-est de Vire et à  au sud-ouest d'Aunay-sur-Odon.

Le territoire est traversé par la route départementale  reliant Vire au sud-ouest à Aunay-sur-Odon au nord-est et passant au nord du bourg. Elle y croise la  menant au Bény-Bocage au nord-ouest et à Vassy au sud-est. Au sud-ouest du bourg, partant de la , la  permet de rejoindre Pierres.

Estry est majoritairement dans le bassin de la Vire, par son affluent l'Allière qui délimite le territoire au sud et par deux sous-affluents, affluents la Souleuvre, qui collectent les eaux du nord-ouest. Un vallon à l'est, alimentant un affluent de la Druance, est dans le bassin de l'Orne.

Le point culminant () se situe en limite nord, près de la chapelle au Cornu. Le point le plus bas () correspond à la sortie de l'Allière du territoire, au sud-ouest. La commune est bocagère.

Toponymie
Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes Stauriacum en 832-850 et Atreium en 1180, Etreium en 1277, Notre Dame d'Estrye en 1336, Estreium au , Estrie au hamel de Cautelon en 1476, Estré en 1476.

Il s'agit d'une formation gauloise ou gallo-romane en -(i)acum, suffixe gallo-roman marquant le lieu ou la propriété. Il a généralement abouti à -ei en ancien français, puis -y, -ay, -ey, -é selon les pays. Le premier élément Estr- représente sans doute un anthroponyme gaulois ou gallo-roman d'origine germanique.

Albert Dauzat a proposé en son temps le nom de personne Asthar, suivi en cela par René Lepelley. Cette hypothèse est incompatible avec les formes anciennes. Le nom de personne contenu dans ce toponyme reste donc obscur.

Le gentilé est Estryen.

Histoire

Estry est un des théâtres de l'opération bluecoat entre le 6 et le 13 août 1944. L'instituteur et secrétaire de mairie de la commune prévient les alliés britanniques des positions allemandes et que le carrefour situé au nord de la commune est miné. Estry est une commune largement défendu par la 9  panzerdivision Hoenstaufen . le but de la bataille d'Estry est de bloquer la progression alliée entre Vassy, Montchamp et Estry. une rude bataille oppose les forces de la garde britannique et la 9 panzerdivision Hohenstaufen.  des canons autopropulseurs,des chars camouflés sont situés sur le carrefour nord de la commune. une dizaine de chars Sherman y sont incendiés et détruits dans cette zone.

Le 13 août 1944  la  DI  Scottish Borderers libère la commune. Le village est détruit à 80 %.

Politique et administration

Lors des élections municipales de 2014, Estry a fait partie des soixante-deux communes sans candidat au premier tour. Quinze candidats se sont présentés au second tour.

Le conseil municipal est composé de onze membres dont le maire et deux adjoints.

Démographie

Estry a compté jusqu'à  habitants en 1806.

Économie

Lieux et monuments
 Église Notre-Dame ().
 If monumental de  ans, considéré comme le plus vieux de France. Arcisse de Caumont, en 1857, évalue déjà son diamètre intérieur à .
 Manoir ().

Activité et manifestations

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi
 Liste des communes du Calvados
 Arbres remarquables de France

Notes et références

Notes

Références
 Altitudes, coordonnées, superficie : répertoire géographique des communes 2012 (site de l'IGN, téléchargement du 24 octobre 2013)

Liens externes

 Inventaire des archives communales sur le site des Archives départementales du Calvados

 Résumé statistique d'Estry sur le site de l'Insee

Valdallière
Commune déléguée dans le Calvados
Ville titulaire de la croix de guerre 1939-1945

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of "Americanah." (Ivara Esege / Handout, Baltimore Sun)
It's fair to say that very few novels that devote 496 pages to such weighty themes as race in America ever crack The New York Times best-seller list.
But sure enough, there on the June 2 list for hardcover fiction was Columbia resident Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Americanah," alongside the perennially popular Dan Brown, Nora Roberts and George R.R. Martin.
True, "Americanah" technically ranked in the less-prestigious "also selling" category. And true, it occupied that spot for just one week. And true, the upsurge in sales coincided with a large spread in The Times' Sunday Book Review section.
But that's just being picky.
"Yes, I was very pleasantly surprised," Adichie says over the phone. "I quite like that 'Americanah' is in the company of more commercial authors. There's sometimes a very narrow idea about what a popular book should be."
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As the 35-year-old writer has reason to know, context is everything. In the U.S. and in Great Britain, Adichie, who has picked up both a MacArthur Fellowship and the Orange Prize (given annually in London to the best fiction written that year by a woman) is known as a respected novelist who writes serious books about important social issues.
But in Adichie's native Nigeria, she's a rock star who sets fashion trends and is followed by fans on the street. Strangers name babies after her.
Her celebrity status can only increase this fall, with the release of the movie based on her novel "Half of a Yellow Sun," starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton.
"I've seen the film, and it's very good," says the author, who will discuss her work Tuesday at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. "Halfway through, I found myself thinking, 'I wonder what will happen next.'
"I had to remind myself, 'Wait, I wrote the novel.' "
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I'm glad you followed up your novel about the civil war in Nigeria with another project that's also strikingly unambitious and totally lightweight.
[Giggling] You've figured me out. I'm a major masochist.
I wanted to do many things with this novel. I wanted to take a look at America through Nigerian eyes. I wanted to write a love story, I wanted to write an ambitious novel of ideas. I've always loved "Middlemarch." It's about human beings, but it doesn't shy away from issues.
But I also wanted the book to be fun. I didn't want it to be like medicine that you have to take because it's good for you.
"Americanah" also is about hair. I read an opinion somewhere that in the U.S., black women obsess about their hair in the same way that white women obsess about their weight.
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When I came to the U.S., I didn't understand why people always knew what they weighed. And I didn't understand why women who looked perfectly fine to me were convinced they were fat.
The difference is that when black women obsess about hair, it's not about getting it to look the best they can. It's about how to get it some way that it's not, which is as close to white hair as possible. That's true not just for African-Americans but for women throughout Africa.
I just wish we lived in a world where every type of hair in its natural state was considered beautiful.
The title of the novel means …
"Americanah" is a playful word in Nigeria. It refers to someone who has returned to Africa but who has American pretensions, like a fake American accent or who orders salads in restaurants. In Nigeria, we cook our vegetables.
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You divide your time between Nigeria and the United States. What role does each country play in your life?
Nigeria is where my heart is. And I like America. In Nigeria, I have a very social life and I don't get much writing done. America is where I write because I have quiet and I don't have friends calling and asking me to go shopping. Also, my husband spends most of his time in this country. Unlike me, he has a real job.
Your heroine first dates the ideal white American man and then the ideal African-American man. But Ifemelu only finds happiness after she returns home to Nigeria. "Americanah" struck me as being partly about the immigrant's feeling of being a fish out of water.
I like that reading a lot. When I write fiction, I'm not always conscious of everything I'm doing.
I knew I wanted Ifemelu to grow. Both Curt and Blaine were very good boyfriends, but she destroys both those relationships.
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It's easier to have a relationship when there's a shared culture and you don't have to explain yourself. It allows you to be the full version of yourself. But, a shared culture is no guarantee that things will work out. There are a lot of men in Nigeria that Ifemelu wouldn't have been happy with.
Ifemelu writes blog posts that are provocative and strongly felt. Are Ifemelu's opinions your opinions?
I'd say that I share about 80 percent of Ifemelu's opinions. Most of the representations about race are mine. We're both sort of blunt, and I've been told that my sense of humor, like hers, tends to be sarcastic.
But her voice isn't my voice. It's hard for me to read the book aloud because Ifemelu uses American expressions that aren't mine and that feel awkward when I try to say them.
What response have the blog posts been receiving from readers?
The best compliment I've gotten came from an African-American woman who said: "I can't believe that you said everything that we say when the door's closed. Thank you for speaking up for us, but I hope you know you aren't going to win any more prizes."
Some white Americans have been offended, particularly men. They say, "Not everything has to be about race. Can't we all just be human?"
There seems to be an assumption in white America that it's the responsibility of black people to prove that race matters. That's odd, given American history. It should be the other way around.
If George Zimmerman had been acquitted while you were writing "Americanah," would you have included it in the novel?
I kind of feel like I want to write about it.
I was in Nigeria, and I tracked the trial obsessively. I went online and read everything about it I could. When the verdict came down, I wept. My friends didn't understand why I was affected so strongly, because in Nigeria, race isn't an issue.
There were a lot of things that people seemed to accept that I think would have been questioned a lot more closely if Trayvon Martin had been white.
And there was a glee about the acquittal that seemed almost inhumane. It's one thing to say that the law has worked, whether you think it's a good law or not. But, it's still a tragedy.
mary.mccauley@baltsun.com
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will talk about her new book at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the central Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St. Free. Call 410-396-5430 or go to prattlibrary.org.
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For most Muslims who have heard of him, Ibn al-Qayyim al Jawziyyah's name is inseparable form that of his teacher, the 7th / 13th century Hanbalî reformer, Ibn Taymîyah (from whom is the famous saying: "What can my enemies do to me? My paradise and garden are in my chest, and do not leave me. ») . It is true, in fact, that Ibn al-Qayyim was the principle compiler and editor of his teacher's writings, and had it not been for him, that voluminous body of work might never have survived. It is also true that Ibn Taymîyah's point of view had a profound effect on the young man, who at twenty-one years age, became his student and companion. One of Ibn al-Qayyim's own students would later write, 'Above all, his love for Ibn Taymîyah was so great that he would never disagree with anything he said. Rather, he supported him in everything and was the one who edited his books and spread his teachings.' In fiqh and theology , both men wrote from a Hanbalî position, and Ibn al-Qayyim criticized the same things that his shaykh had so adamantly opposed: innovation (bid'ah), Greek influenced Muslim philosophy, Sh'ism, the doctrine of wahdat ul-wujûd, or 'oneness of being' (attributed to Ibn Arabî) and by extension, the extreme forms of Sûfism that had gained currency particularly in the new seat of Muslim power, Mamluk Egypt and Syria.
However, two elements set Ibn al-Qayyim's writings apart from those of his shaykh. The first is his tone. Ibn Taymîyah wrote 'with the eye', as it were, and Ibn al-Qayyim added to that 'the heart'. As a contemporary editor of his works has written, 'Although he moved within the sphere of Ibn Taymîyah's influence, following him in most of his religious rulings, he was more ready than his teacher to be lenient and amiable to those with whom he differed.' A typical example of this may be found in his magnum opus, Madârij as-Sâlikîn ('The Travelers Stages'), which is a long commentary on a treatise by the 5th / 11th century Hanbalite Sûfî, Abdullâh al-Ansarî al Harrawî. Taking exception to something al-Ansarî wrote, Ibn al-Qayyim prefaced his comments with, 'Certainly I love the shaykh, but I love the truth more.'
The second is Ibn al-Qayyim's great interest in Sûfism. Some of his major works, such as Madârij, Târiq al-Hijratayn ('Path of Two Migrations') and Miftah Daral-Sa'ada ('Key to the Abode of Happiness'), are devoted almost entirely to Sûfî themes, but this allusions to these themes are found in nearly all his writings. There is no doubt that Ibn al-Qayyim addressed those interested in Sûfism in particular and al-Umur al-Qalbiyya - 'The matters of the Heart' – in general. In fact, in the introduction to his short book Patience and Gratitude, he sates, 'This is a book to benefit kings and princes, the wealthy and the indigent, Sûfîs and religious scholars; (a book) to inspire the sedentary to set out, accompany the wayfarer on the path (al-sa'ir fil târiq) and inform the one journeying towards the Goal.'
The subjects dealt with by Ibn al-Qayyim- the way to God, the maladies of the heart, and the virtues- are undoubtedly also those of tasawwuf. Ibn al-Qayyim's role is, thus, somewhat similar to that of al-Ghazalî (d. 505H / 1111C.E) two hundred years before him: to rediscover and restate the orthodox roots of Islam's interior dimension, with the added task of correcting what he saw as new errors that had arisen due to the powerful influence of Ibn Arabî's works. In this sense, he might be descried as a reviver of what he considered to be an authentic inclination of the heart towards Allâh, and the path towards Him.
This is the formula which, in all likelihood, accounts for the ongoing popularity of Ibn al-Qayyim's works throughout the Arabic speaking world. His thirty or so extant books have been reprinted many times; the principle ones, including the titles cited above, have all been reprinted in both inexpensive and scholarly editions since 1990. The reader who might be attracted to the inner dimension of Islâm but not by much of what passes nowadays as Sûfism, finds in Ibn al-Qayyim an exposition of the Way to God, free of 'mythology' or the exclusive terminology of Sûfism, written for the generality of believers and with strict insistence upon the main sources of orthodoxy; the Qur'ân, the Sunnah, and the practices of the first two generations of Muslims.
The Life of Ibn al-Qayyim:
Shams ad-Dîn Muhammad ibn Abî Bakr ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah was born in 691H / 1292C.E in al-Zur'i, a small village fifty-five miles from Damascus. Little is known of his childhood except that he received a comprehensive Islâmic education thanks to the fact that his father was principle of the Madrasah al-Jawziyyah, one of the few centres devoted to the study of Hanbalite fiqh in Damascus; hence, the name by which he came to be known: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah – 'son of the principle of the Jawziyyah school' – or simply, Ibn al-Qayyim.
After completing his fundamental studies at the Jawziyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim continued his learning in the circles of the shaykhs who filled the city's mosques. It appears that for some period of time, he came under the influence of Mu'tazilite teachings and probably of certain mystics. In the epic-length Ode he wrote in later years, he refers to this period as being one of confusion and misguidance: 'All these [ways] did I try, and I fell into a net, fluttering like a bird that knows not where to fly.'
This period came to an end in the year 712H / 1312C.E, when at twenty one years of age he met the man who would shape his life's orientation in Islâm: Taqî ad-Dîn ibn Taymîyah. Ibn Taymîyah had just returned to Damascus from a seven-year stay in Egypt, the last of which he spent under house arrest. His reputation for being an uncompromising defender of the Sunnah and of Hanbalite theology was well known to the people of Syria. Perhaps it was his certitude and strength that appealed to the young Ibn al-Qayyim, who 'like a bird caught in a net, did not know where to fly.' In any event, a bond formed between the two men which lasted for 16 years until Ibn Taymîyah's death.
Between 712H / 1312C.E and 726H / 1326C.E, Ibn al-Qayyim married and had three sons- Ibrâhîm, Abdullâh and Sharaf ad-Dîn. He earned his living as teacher and Imâm at the Jawziyyah school. His lessons on Hanbalite fiqh and his sermons probably showed the strong influence of his teacher for, in 726H / 1326C.E, when the authorities of Damascus ordered the arrest of Ibn Taymîyah and his followers, Ibn al-Qayyim was among them.
This imprisonment came after Ibn Taymîyah had been summoned before a council of religious scholars (ulamah) for questioning on a point of fiqh: was it permissible for someone visiting the Prophet's – sallallâhu 'alayhi wa sallam - mosques in Madînah to shorten the prayers? Since the council knew in advance that In Taymîyah strongly condemned the practise of visiting saint's tombs for the purpose of receiving blessing (tabarruk), they could easily portray his chary answer as proof that he himself propagated a dangerous innovation (bid'ah) by discouraging Muslims form visiting the burial place of their beloved Prophet – sallallâhu 'alayhi wa sallam. This pretext was used to remove from the public eye a man they regarded as a source of unrest. The council ruled that Ibn Taymîyah and all those in Damascus who propagated his teachings – including Ibn al-Qayyim- should be rounded up and imprisoned in the citadel of the town. Although a few days later the authorities released Ibn Taymîyah's followers, Ibn al-Qayyim alone chose to stay at the side of his teacher in prison.
Unlike his house arrest in Egypt, during which he was permitted to write and teach his followers, this time Ibn Taymîyah was not only locked up, but also denied both books and writing materials, a much harder condition for him to bear than prison itself. It has been recorded that during that final imprisonment he would find scraps of discarded paper and write with pieces of charcoal. In 728H / 1327C.E, however, having been separated for two years from all those things he had lived for, he passed away. Then and only then did Ibn al-Qayyim come out of prison to join the multitudes who followed the body of Ibn Taymîyah to the burial.
It appears that only after his teacher's death did Ibn al-Qayyim begin his own profile as a writer. This stage of his life was also marked by much travel, learning and teaching, as well as several pilgrimages to Makkah, where he lived for some time.
Our picture of Ibn al-Qayyim in the last twenty-five years or so of his life is derived mainly from recollections of his two most illustrious students, Ibn Rajab and Ibn Kathîr. The latter wrote, 'He recited [the Qur'ân] beautifully and was loved by a great many people. He neither envied nor harmed anyone, nor tried to find fault with them, nor harboured malice towards them. In short, there were few people like him… He was dominated mostly by goodness and a virtuous nature.'
Ibn Rajab writes, 'May Allâh bless him, he was a person of worship and night prayers, someone who used to make prayer last as long as possible; he was devoted to remembrance (dhikr), constant in his love of Allâh, in turning back to Allâh, in seeking forgiveness, in his dependence on Allâh and in humility before Him. He reached a level of devotion which I have never witnessed in anyone else, nor have I seen anyone more vast in learning or more knowledgeable of the meanings of the Qur'ân, the Sunnah, and the inner realities of faith. And while I know he was not infallible, yet I have never seen anyone who was closer to the meaning of this word.'
In addition to these isolated glimpses of the man, there is evidence that he loved books so much that after his death his sons had to sell off much of his library, keeping only what they themselves could make use of.
Ibn al-Qayyim died in 751/ 1350, when he was scarcely 60 years old. I t is recorded that the funeral prayer, attended by many people, was offered at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. He was buried a the cemetery of Bab al-Saghîr, near the grave of his father- Rahimahumallâh.


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Single Dad Days | Single Parenting Holidays: Joburg for Christmas again ?
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So Christmas has passed and December's approaching yet again. A little quicker than last year, which was already a little quicker than the 12 months before and so-on and so-on.
That's what I was thinking last year in about August. Such is the calendar of a single parent battling to see his children; I was thinking this would leave me four months in which to arrange what has become the annual Cape Town–Johannesburg flight to see ageing grandparents and maintain connections with cousin, aunt and friends.
Without being morbid, the thing with the sharp end of ageing is that you don't know which trip to see the children's gran or grandad will be their last, so going elsewhere, like a holiday destination, doesn't happen. Just in case. Like my Dad. He hardly got to know his grandchildren before he moved on. My son has meanwhile learnt about ageing from these visits, and is far braver than I remember being about 'old people' at that age.
There hadn't been timeous agreement regarding the previous three Christmas holiday suggestions with the my boy's mother, and again I had no option but to book flights the week before the big day; which for me and my 6 year-old pretty much cost half the price of a ticket to London.
Which, heading off on a tangent, leads me to think how our holiday expectations evolve . If not my son's friends' going to the proverbial family holiday house at Kenton-on-Sea or 'Plett', favoured holiday spots here in South Africa, my now-global school friends are taking their kids to Europe and the US for skiing holidays.
In comparison, spending my share of the annual big Christmas vacation with my boy and our family down the road from Westpark cemetary in Johannesburg was ok. That's another reality of the single-parenting world; if you're close to your family and not necessarily flush, horizons often don't extend much beyond remaining families.
We enjoy the relative peace. Well I do, my boy obviously lives for the moment, and if he's surrounded by love and his holiday animals – with a swimming pool as a bonus – he's happy.
He loves being with his aunt and cousin. So does his four year-old sister, but unfortunately she only gets to see them on one day a year (for reasons that won't be addressed here).
I appreciate the quiet of Jo'burg, driving avenues lined with the trees of my childhood (the Joburg-Pretoria conurbation represents the world's largest urban 'forest'). It reminds me too, earlier comments or morbidity aside, that the children spending quality time with their fast-ageing and generally immobile granny is also pretty key, to nurture their sense of paternal family.
And anyway, peak-season airports are hell.
Being Dad Question Time – Yeeha !


Do you struggle to ask for testimonials from your clients? Does it feel uncomfortable or awkward when it comes time to approach your clients to review your work?
If you're like most of my clients, then you struggle to ask for a testimonial. In this episode of The Abundant Accountant Podcast, I'm sharing the exact steps you need to follow to ensure that you're asking for the testimonial at the right time.
Asking for testimonials is just like asking for the sale. You just have to do it, but if you do it at the wrong time things could go badly.
My advice? Really listen and talk with your clients, find out their needs and what they're struggling with and then provide the best services that help them overcome those struggles.
Once you've done that, asking for a testimonial is a breeze!
If you're ready to fill your website with glowing testimonials about the amazing work that you do for your clients, this episode of The Abundant Accountant Podcast is a MUST LISTEN!
Do you struggle to ask for testimonials from your clients for the work that you do for them? IN THIS BLOG POST I'm sharing how you can ask for a testimonial with confidence, and never have to worry about that question again!
Just like in sales, you have to ask for the sale – the same is true with testimonials. You must ask your clients for the testimonial.
If you're not comfortable asking for a video testimonial to start, you can use Google Forms or a tool called Survey Monkey.
Michelle shares that she always keeps track of the things that clients say about working with her. These testimonials make your website like GOLD!
Always make sure to get your client's permission to use their testimonial for advertising purposes.
When people say they want to talk with others you've worked with, you can direct your prospects to your testimonials page.
If you get a client testimonial in an email and it's not structured well, you can always ask if the client is okay with you tweaking the formatting.
The best way to help your client is by helping them overcome their problems. You do that by listening 80% of the time and talking 20%. If you listen carefully, your clients will tell you everything you need to know in order to help them.
Once you've delivered the result that your client desired, you can then ask for the testimonial.
Sidenote: You may not always provide the result that your client wants. If they don't do their part of the work, everything may not go as planned.
Michelle shares the exact step-by-step process she uses when asking for a testimonial.
After a client has submitted a testimonial, be sure to send them a thank you note for taking the time and for sharing their experience with others who may be interested in working with you.
An additional bonus you can offer certain individuals is to provide a linkback to their website under their testimonial or review on your website.
Michelle shares her ONE goal for you to accomplish this week!
P.S. Do your prospects frequently ask if they can chat with someone you've worked with in the past? You can stop that question in its tracks! Learn how to ask for testimonials with confidence in THIS BLOG POST!


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For businesses, political warfare is one country's government working for their own interests to change the actions and opinions of another state without using military actions.
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Because of the subversive and manipulative nature of these attacks, in the target state, businesses can be severely damaged directly or indirectly by their outcomes.
While traditional news reporting is an obvious target, virtually any business can be caught in the rage and disinformation of political warfare.
Learn how Collin Tactical helps you respond to Political Warfare and other geopolitical dangers.


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Kay Bailey Hutchison
July 22, 1943 -
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician
Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.
I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive.
The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.
Our country was hit on 9/11, 2001. Everybody in the world knows that. It hasn't been easy to deal with a different kind of enemy, but that is what we have, a different kind of enemy.
We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.
I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.
Texans should not be taxed on our taxes.
There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly.
We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been true to that calling and helped spread freedom to oppressed peoples everywhere.
People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing.